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Thakkar
Thakkar is a Hindu Indian family name under the Hindu. Alternative spellings of the name include Thakker, Thaker,Thakkar, Thakrar and Thacker. The surname is widely used in the state of Gujarat . Society and culture Thakkars are mainly situated in the state of Gujarat in India. There are also thousands of Thakkars that reside in South Africa and East African countries, which migrated to the continent in the 19th and 20th centuries. Many Thakkar were also expelled from Uganda under Idi Amin's regime and moved back to India or the United Kingdom. Notable people *Ashish Thakkar (born 1981), British businessman *Bhavin Thakkar (born 1982), Indian cricketer * C. K. Thakker (born 1943), Indian judge * Fagun Thakrar (born 1991), British actress * Jayaben Thakkar (born 1952), Indian politician * Natwar Thakkar (1932-2018), Indian social worker * Pankit Thakker (born 1976), Indian actor * Praful Thakkar (born 1940), Indian collector and writer * Rajesh Thakker (born 1954), British doc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashish Thakkar
Ashish J. Thakkar is a Rwandan-based entrepreneur. He is the founder of Mara Group and Mara Foundation, and he is a co-founder of Atlas Mara Limited. Thakkar was born in the United Kingdom, but he moved to East Africa as a teenager before founding Mara Group, a Pan-African conglomerate, at the age of 15. Mara Group's operations and investments span 22 African countries. He is the author of ''The Lion Awakes: Adventures in Africa's Economic Miracle''. Thakkar is a member of the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders, and was included in '' Fortune'' magazine's list of the top "40 Under 40" in 2013. He was awarded the Base Leadership Award at the 2014 MTV Africa Music Awards event. '' Esquire'' named him Middle East Man of the Year in 2016. In 2015, Thakkar was appointed Chair of the United Nations Foundation's Global Entrepreneurs Council and in 2017, he was appointed Chair of the Presidential Youth Advisory Group at the African Development Bank Early life and educati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natwar Thakkar
Natwar Thakkar (1932 – 7 October 2018), popularly known as Natwar bhai, was an Indian social worker who worked in Nagaland. He came from Maharashtra but migrated to Nagaland for social work at the age of 23. He founded the Nagaland Gandhi Ashram at Chuchuyimlang village in the Mokokchung district of Nagaland. Because of his efforts to spread Gandhian philosophy in Nagaland and his social work, he was known as "Nagaland's Gandhi". Early life Thakkar was born in 1932 to a Gujarati language, Gujarati-speaking family in the coastal Dahanu town of the then Bombay Presidency of British India (today part of the Palghar district of Maharashtra state). Inspired by Gandhian social reformer Kaka Kalelkar early in his life, Thakkar went to Nagaland, the North-Eastern state of India, at the age of 23 in 1955, desiring to foster "goodwill and emotional integration through voluntary social service" among the people of Nagaland, using Gandhian principles. Work Thakkar established the "Nagalan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thakkar Bapa
Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar, popularly known as Thakkar Bapa (29 November 1869 – 20 January 1951) was an Indian social worker who worked for upliftment of tribal people in Gujarat state in India. He became a member of the Servants of India Society in 1914 founded by Gopal Krishna Gokhale in 1905. In 1922, he founded the ''Bhil Seva Mandal''. Later, he became the general secretary of the ''Harijan Sevak Sangh'' founded by ahatma Gandhinowiki/>in 1932 . The ''Bharatiya Adimjati Sevak Sangh'' was founded on 24 October 1948 on his initiative. When Indian constitution was in process, Kenvi visited remotest and most difficult parts of India and conducted probe into the situation of tribal and Harijan people. He was appointed the chairman of "Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas (Other than Assam), a sub committee of the constituent assembly. Mahatma Gandhi would call him 'bapa'. In one of his appeals in 1939 Mahatma Gandhi called him "Father of Harijans". Thakkarbapa visited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaishali Thakkar
Vaishali Thakkar'TV soaps change tracks by popular demand: Vaishali Thakkar' timesofindia. Retrieved 29 Mar 2012 12.00AM IST (born 25 July 1964) is an Indian and actress. She is best known for portraying the comic role of Praveena in the popular show Star Plus TV series '' |
Tanvi Thakkar
Tanvi Thakkar is an Indian television actress. She played in television shows include '' Yeh Ishq Haaye'' as Priyanka, '' Miley Jab Hum Tum'' as Ishika, '' Sarvggun Sampanna'' as Deepti, '' Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani'' as Maya. Personal life Tanvi Thakkar is a Gujarati. Her family lives in Chennai. She did her schooling in Ooty after which she went to Chennai for graduation. She moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in acting. She got engaged to her co-star, Aditya Kapadia, from Ek Doosre Se Karte Hain Pyaar Hum on 24 December 2013. The married on 16 February 2021 in a court wedding. Career Thakkar made her debut with the role of Ishika in '' Miley Jab Hum Tum'' on Star One. She got popularity by playing Sharmila in ''Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant'' on Life OK Life OK was an Indian pay television channel owned by Star India. It was launched on 18 December 2011 replacing Star One. It also started airing in the United States on 1 March 2012, and in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 28 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Praful Thakkar
Praful Thakkar (born February 25, 1940) is an Indian collector of autographs, philately, First Day Covers (FDCs), coins, medals, tokens, badges, badge plates and other collectibles from India. He has written several books on his hobbies. Education and career Praful attended Gokuldas Tejpal High School, Bombay. He was a General Secretary of the Students’ Union and Co-operative Stores run by the students. He later attended the Tatwagnan Vidyapeeth in Thane, Maharashtra, an institute established by the founder of the Swadhyaya Movement, Pandurang Shashtri Athavle. Thakkar studied Indian and Western philosophy. After graduation, he took part in various competitive examinations for government administrative assignments. He worked as an I.A.S. officer serving the Government of Gujarat in various administrative capacities. Books Thakkar has published several books, including collector's guides in the areas of numismatics, philately, and autographs. These include ''Collec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samay Raj Thakkar
Samay Raj Thakkar (born 21 March 1966) is an Indian actor and voice actor who specialises in dubbing foreign media in the Hindi language. Filmography Animated films Animated series Television Dubbing career According to Hindi dubbing director of Main Frame Software Communications Ellie Lewis, Samay Thakkar has been voicing various characters in many Hollywood films in Hindi. He is the Hindi dubbing voice of Christian Bale and Ben Affleck's role as Bruce Wayne / Batman in the Christopher Nolan's Batman reboot trilogy. He also voiced Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone's roles in all of his films as well. He has also dubbed for Ajith Kumar and Vikram in their Tamil language films and for Nagarjuna in his Telugu language Telugu (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken by Telugu people predominantly living in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language. It is the most widely spoken member of the Dravidian lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhavin Thakkar
Bhavin Jitendra Thakkar (born 22 January 1982, in Mumbai, Maharashtra) is an Indian cricketer. Thakkar last played a first-class game in 2010 for Himachal Pradesh. He has played 37 first-class games in all scoring 1924 runs at 35.62, with five tons and 10 fifties. Before Himachal, Thakkar had played for Mumbai. He signs for Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . I ... in the 2013/14 season. References External links from Cricinfo 1982 births Living people Cricketers from Mumbai Indian cricketers Mumbai cricketers Himachal Pradesh cricketers {{India-cricket-bio-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayaben Thakkar
Jayaben Thakkar (born 14 May 1952) is a former member of Lok Sabha. She represented the Vadodara constituency of Gujarat in the 14th Lok Sabha and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mod .... External links Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website Living people 1952 births People from Vadodara India MPs 2004–2009 Women in Gujarat politics India MPs 1998–1999 India MPs 1999–2004 Lok Sabha members from Gujarat 21st-century Indian women politicians 21st-century Indian politicians 20th-century Indian women politicians 20th-century Indian politicians Women members of the Lok Sabha Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat {{Gujarat-BJP-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shital Thakkar
Shital Thakkar is an Indian television and theatre artist. She has worked in some Hindi serials & few Gujarati plays. She has also done a bit of modelling. She has learned belly dancing. Career She made her acting debut in an afternoon soap opera ''Swabhimaan''. After that, she acted in many Hindi serials & portrayed mostly positive & supporting characters. She has also acted in Neeraj Vora's Gujarati play, ''Aflatoon''. She played role of Sonia in famous serial ''Sarabhai vs Sarabhai''. Television References External links Shital Thakkaron IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Thakkar, Shital Living people Indian television actresses Indian stage actresses Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinita Joshi Thakkar
Vinita Mahesh (also credited as Vinita Joshi Thakkar) is an Indian television actress. She is best known for portraying the role of Yamini Singh on Indian soap opera '' Bhatak Lena Baware'' that aired on Life OK, as Rajkumari Maan Kawar in '' Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap'' and as protagonist Mohi on StarPlus's '' Mohi.'' Career Thakkar's first show was '' Navya..Naye Dhadkan Naye Sawaal'', in which she played Navya's best friend Ritika Joshi. She landed her second role in '' Saraswatichandra'' and portrayed the cousin sister of Kumud, Kumari. She played a lead role as Yamini Singh in '' Bhatak Lena Baware'' after which she has starred as the lead in '' Mohi''. Personal life Vinita was married to her college friend, Tejas Thakkar from the age of 20 to 22 but the couple filed for divorce due to compatibility issues. She dated and later married Shashank Kunwar in a small, private ceremony in Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gujarat
Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth-most populous state, with a population of 60.4 million. It is bordered by Rajasthan to the northeast, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu to the south, Maharashtra to the southeast, Madhya Pradesh to the east, and the Arabian Sea and the Pakistani province of Sindh to the west. Gujarat's capital city is Gandhinagar, while its largest city is Ahmedabad. The Gujaratis are indigenous to the state and their language, Gujarati, is the state's official language. The state encompasses 23 sites of the ancient Indus Valley civilisation (more than any other state). The most important sites are Lothal (the world's first dry dock), Dholavira (the fifth largest site), and Gola Dhoro (where 5 uncommon seals were found). Lothal i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
